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- Fri Jun 19, 2020 3:46 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Libertarian communism
- Replies: 3
- Views: 875
Re: Libertarian communism
- Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:53 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Are Buddhists Wrong about Anatma?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4321
Re: Are Buddhists Wrong about Anatma?
I was going to respond to her but cant, can only post if i have purchased something (i live in UK) If anyone wants to respond to her feel free to copy my post here, its what i was going to use QUOTE It is of course, true that the Buddha denied the existence of a "soul" or "self "...
- Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:49 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Are Buddhists Wrong about Anatma?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4321
Re: Are Buddhists Wrong about Anatma?
"Bhikkhus [monks, the Buddha said, holding a fleck of cow dung in his hand], if even if that much of permanent, everlasting, eternal selfhood/metaphysical being (attabhava), not inseparable from the idea of change, could be found, then this living the holy life could not be taught by me."...
- Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:40 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Are Buddhists Wrong about Anatma?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4321
Re: Are Buddhists Wrong about Anatma?
It is of course, true that the Buddha denied the existence of a "soul" or "self "in the narrow sense of the word (one might say, in accordance with the command, deneget seipsum (deny himself ), (Mark, VIII.341) but this is not what our writers mean to say, or are understood by t...
- Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:35 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Are Buddhists Wrong about Anatma?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 4321
Re: Are Buddhists Wrong about Anatma?
Ive just finished a long debate with a Hindu about this To shorten it down, Buddha taught anatta of the 5 aggregates and criticised holding theories on a soul or Self The Hindus have a similar teaching of anatta with "neti neti" or "not this, not that" and they to reguard aggrega...
- Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:11 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Gay Marriage: What Would Buddha Do?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 25880
Re: Gay Marriage: What Would Buddha Do?
3. It is unsuitable to have intercourse in an inappropriate orifice, such as engaging in the manner of animals. Strange since animals have sex the hetrosexual way and the homosexual way, so vagina and anal sex so does this mean that all orifices are a no no? It doesnt really say what an inappropria...
- Wed Jul 29, 2009 8:39 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Gay Marriage: What Would Buddha Do?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 25880
Re: Gay Marriage: What Would Buddha Do?
Hey Drolma Sorry to be crass but why does it matter "where you put it"? Why is one place wholesome and the other unwholesome? Surely its the intent behind the act itself that decides if it is unwholesome or not, not "geographical" locations? metta friend Trying to not be crass m...
- Sun Jul 26, 2009 4:23 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Gay Marriage: What Would Buddha Do?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 25880
Re: Gay Marriage: What Would Buddha Do?
It is true, that HHDL has identified gay sex as sexual misconduct. I believe this is based on wrong orifice so it's reasonable to assume this would apply to certain kinds of straight sex too. But there's so many rules about this, such as the proper time of day for sex. I too, have heard that he say...
- Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:27 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Gay Marriage: What Would Buddha Do?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 25880
Re: Gay Marriage: What Would Buddha Do?
In response to the OP i dont think the Buddha wouldnt care that much about gay marriage, he wasnt even that concerned with marriage between straight people Is homosexuality unwholesome? As a gay man my answer is of course no :lol: However this isnt coloured by my own personal view, on reading the su...
- Mon Jul 13, 2009 2:40 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Can we eat food cooked by Buddhists?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4375
- Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:36 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Mahayana Emptiness and Hindu Atman/Brahman
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2837
Mahayana Emptiness and Hindu Atman/Brahman
Hey Was interested to know, how does emptiness in mahayana negate the Atman/Brahman concept in hinduism? In Advaita Vedanta they dont see that which is anicca as self they see it as anatta, not self Hence they only see that which is permanent as real and self (atman/Brahman) Doesnt emptiness only ex...
- Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:14 pm
- Forum: Meditation
- Topic: Is breathing meditation alone good?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3991
Re: Is breathing meditation alone good?
The Buddha said it will take one all the way to nibbana and that it was this practice that he engaged in while under the Bodhi Tree, however i feel it does need to be complimented with other meditations such as loving-kindness, compassion etc etc
- Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:34 pm
- Forum: Mahāyāna Buddhism
- Topic: Who are your Top 5 Mahayana masters of all time?
- Replies: 62
- Views: 18690
Re: Who are your Top 5 Mahayana masters of all time?
Nagarjuna
Bodhidharma
Jianzhi Sengcan
Dōgen Zenji
Thats my four lol
Metta
Bodhidharma
Jianzhi Sengcan
Dōgen Zenji
Thats my four lol
Metta
- Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:31 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: New Richard Gombrich book - What the Buddha Thought
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3271
Re: New Richard Gombrich book - What the Buddha Thought
How in heaven's name could anyone know what the Buddha thought when they can't even know what their dearest friends think? Sorry ... just a little befuddled by the title. Synopsis: Due September 2009. This new book argues that the Buddha was one of the most brilliant and original thinkers of all ti...
- Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:21 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: New Richard Gombrich book - What the Buddha Thought
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3271
Re: New Richard Gombrich book - What the Buddha Thought
Who's Gombrich? He is a scholar on Buddhism, mostly Theravada and early buddhist history Gombrich has gone on to become one of the 20th century's important scholars of Theravāda Buddhism. His recent research has focused more on Buddhist origins. Gombrich stresses the importance of relating Buddhist...
- Mon Jun 29, 2009 4:15 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Stephen Batchelor - Buddha didnt defeat Mara
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2536
Re: Stephen Batchelor - Buddha didnt defeat Mara
who is Stephen Batchelor? Are these guys practitioners or people who meditate for 2 minutes, and think "let me write a book on Buddhism..." :smile: He was a tibetan and zen monk for some years, he is quite well known in buddhist circles Stephen was born in Dundee, Scotland, on April 7, 19...
- Sun Jun 28, 2009 1:29 am
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: New Richard Gombrich book - What the Buddha Thought
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3271
New Richard Gombrich book - What the Buddha Thought
Hey
Just wanted to share this, should be an interesting read when its released
http://www.wisdom-books.com/ProductDetail.asp?PID=19312" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
metta
Just wanted to share this, should be an interesting read when its released
http://www.wisdom-books.com/ProductDetail.asp?PID=19312" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
metta
- Sat Jun 27, 2009 2:06 am
- Forum: Sūtra Studies
- Topic: Historicity of Mahayana Sutras -- Does it matter?
- Replies: 54
- Views: 19855
Re: Historicity of Mahayana Sutras -- Does it matter?
So the concepts of Buddha's truth body and "decay body" are found directly in the Nikayas, which the Mahayana sutras further expound.
The question is was it expanded beyond its intended meaning?
- Fri Jun 26, 2009 9:18 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Buddhism in the West
- Replies: 17
- Views: 6165
Re: Buddhism in the West
I think more needs to be done to teach the Dharma to other ethnic groups and social classes. Great lamas have spoken at Harvard and MIT, but has a great lama ever spoken at a historically black college? Has one ever lectured at a community college? Has one ever lectured at a homeless shelter? I thi...
- Fri Jun 26, 2009 6:54 pm
- Forum: Lounge
- Topic: Stephen Batchelor - Buddha didnt defeat Mara
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2536
Stephen Batchelor - Buddha didnt defeat Mara
Hey Was listening to a very interesting Dhamma talk by Stephen Batchelor today. In it he discusses how the Buddha didnt mean "there is no self", how awakening doesnt mean perfection or a getting rid of greed hatred and delusion and puts forward a case that the Buddha still exp. these thing...